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Four trends impacting bill payments: how to reduce risk while making them work for you
Serving your customers respectfully and effectively is especially important in times of economic uncertainty.
Pipe seeks veteran CEO amid leadership shake-up
Pipe’s three co-founders are all set to move into new positions at the firm.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Here’s why it’s important to understand and embrace neurodiversity at work
Check out the vacancies at these firms that support neurodiversity through awareness programmes and hiring processes.
MeridianLink acquires mortgage software solutions provider OpenClose
MeridianLink says the deal will enable their customers “to deliver fast, frictionless mortgage lending experiences”.
Ampla Technologies acquires B2B BNPL firm Upside Financing
Ampla says the acquisition will open up a B2B BNPL market that is worth an estimated $1 trillion.
Zest AI lands more than $50m in growth funding round
With the new cash, Zest AI plans on increasing access to its AI-automated credit underwriting service.
US lender Upstart cuts 140 jobs as loan demand drops
Upstart says it is “making this difficult decision for the long-term health of the company”.
Women in fintech drive the lending industry’s digital transformation
As banking goes increasingly digital, many women fintech leaders are in the vanguard of this evolution.
Banking Technology Magazine November 2022 issue out now
Cover story: TAKING THE LEAD – Women are inspiring fintech teams.
Ashman selects nCino to power its real estate lending solution
The UK challenger will deploy nCino’s cloud-based Bank Operating System.
SMB lender Kapitus taps Mambu for its cloud banking platform
The firm will leverage Mambu’s low-code lending engine to power new financing products.
US fintech Achieve bags $225m debt facility
The facility has been provided by O’Connor Capital Solutions and a “multi-trillion-dollar asset manager”.
Table bookings now open for Banking Tech Awards 2022
The awards gala will take place at the fabulous Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on 1 December 2022.
Capital on Tap secures £100m credit facility to support SMEs
The facility will be used to build out a central finance hub for small business owners in the UK and US.
HSBC turns to Trade Ledger for digital receivables finance capability
HSBC’s approval process for new receivables finance (RF) customers went from two months to two days.
Banking Technology Magazine October 2022 issue out now
Cover story: INVESTING IN THE FUTURE – Putting money in the right places.
FinTech Futures Jobs: How to assess a company’s culture before you say yes to a job offer
How to ensure that you invest your time and career in a company whose culture aligns with your values.
Funding Circle forms lending partnership with Bayview Asset Management
The partnership aims to support “thousands” of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
SME financing platform Rapid Finance acquires lendtech firm Thrive
Rapid Finance says Thrive “represents a significant addition” to the company.
eBook: Towards modern application development in financial services
Ensuring your AppSec programme adds value.
Infographic: Modern AppSec in financial services
Security has never been more important to financial organisations reliant on custom software.
FinTech Futures Jobs: Are you having “great resignation” regret?
Before you change jobs again, we recommend to keep in mind a few things.
“Care now, pay later”: medical care fintech Scratch raises $35m Series C
Scratch offers a payment model to help patients cover the cost of medical care.
US consumer finance regulator to outline credit card-like BNPL protections
The CFPB will set out guidance to hem BNPL firms much closer to credit cards in terms of regulation.
Fintech platform for freight and logistics, Denim, closes $126m Series B
Denim automates invoicing, collections and payments, claiming to reduce daily payments and collections tasks by 75%.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 16 September 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
US fintech Kafene lands $18m in Series B funding
The new funding will be used to increase Kafene’s employee headcount and onboard more merchants onto its platform.
Former Citi banking veteran joins leadership team of challenger bank Zolve
Freiberg was co-chairman and CEO of Citigroup’s global consumer group for three decades.
White paper: Financial services marketing – how to leverage referrals
This free referral marketing guide explains how a brand can flourish by utilising customer-specific tactics.
White paper: The global fintech landscape – challenges, collaboration, and cloud
InterSystems’ research with the insights of over 500 decision makers within fintech organisations.
Banking Technology Magazine September 2022 issue out now
Cover story: MONEY PUZZLE – Helping US arrivals get on track financially.
Banking Tech Awards USA 2022 Winners Supplement out now
People, projects & products that demonstrated stellar results, genuine innovation and had a tangible impact.
How mortgage lenders can unlock data and help bridge the housing gap
A borrower’s credit score is now one of their largest barriers to securing a home loan.
MVB Financial set to acquire Integrated Financial Holdings for $98m
MVB Financial is aiming to grow its government guaranteed lending business.
Underwriting with alternative and cash flow data
Use of non-bureau, “alternative’’ credit data can help better understand the risk of a consumer.
Lendflow partners Ocrolus to streamline credit decisioning
Ocrolus’ document automation technology will help Lendflow better analyse more data.
Founderpath bags $145m to fund bootstrapped SaaS ventures
Founder Nathan Latka says the firm has deployed over $50m in capital over the last 12 months.
State of play: BNPL
BNPL has become one of the most divisive credit products of the modern age.
Growth capital fund Upper90 raises $180m to fuel fintech start-ups
The firm’s investment model combines credit and equity for fintech businesses that have predictable revenue.
